Google Expands Access to Imagen 3, Its Advanced AI Text-to-Image Generator

Google opens its AI text-to-image generator tool Imagen 3 for public, but only these users can try it

Google has introduced its advanced artificial intelligence (AI) text-to-image generator tool Imagen 3 publicly. The tool will be available with Google's ImageFX platform. The image generator can be accessed on Google's AI Test Kitchen. Google first introduced Imagen 3 during its Google I/O event that took place in May. However, the tool is currently available in the United States (US) only. Google rolls out Imagen 3 Google's DeepMind team explained in its official blog that Imagen 3 is trained on a large dataset. This dataset can include texts, images and associated annotations. The team further explained that in order to maintain safety standards and high quality, they have added a multi-stage filtering process in the tool. The company further claims that the latest Imagen 3 will be better than some of the current top listed AI text-to-image generators such as DALL-E 3, Midjourney, and X's (previously Twitter) Grok-2, among others. Decoding Imagen 3 So what is Imagen 3 and how is it different from any 'text-to-image' generator tool? Imagen 3 can be defined as a type of artificial intelligence that can generate images from text prompts/descriptions given by the users. The company further added that Imagen is a diffusion model which has a 'high degree of photorealism'. Furthermore, the text-to-image AI tool can also be used in several other application developments. These includes the following: Additionally the text-to-image tool can test data, create educational content, and generate visualisations for debugging. Google highlighted that the key to its text-to-image model are Imagen, Muse and Parti. Other than generating images with prompt, it can also detect explicit or sexually abusive contents. For example in case someone prompts any commands related to such content, the tool will not be generating images. In any form of harmful query it will just decline the request. The way ahead Earlier this year in February, Google had disabled Gemini AI bots from generating images, after it faced complaints of producing 'inaccurate images' of people searched for. Many users complained that they were not getting correct images results for their search. The Gemini AI bot either produced wrong images or irrelevant images that were not connected to the queries. Moreover, as of now the AI-text-image generator tool Imagen 3 is available for public testers in the US. It is expected that Google will bring the tool to other global regions including India in the coming months.

Google Brings Imagen 3 Advanced AI-Image Generator To More Users: All Details

The new AI image generator tool will also be integrated into the Pixel 9 series Google recently launched Imagen 3, its advanced AI Text-to-image generator for its users in the US. The upgraded version was earlier introduced at the company's I/O Conference in May 2024 and is accessible through the tech giant's Vertex AI Platform. As per The Verge, Imagen 3 is supposed to generate images with "better detail, richer lighting and fewer distracting artifacts" compared to Google's previous models. "Imagen 3 is our highest quality text-to-image model. It generates an incredible level of detail, producing photorealistic, lifelike images with far fewer distracting visual artifacts than our prior models," said Google. Imagen 3, like other AI image generators, can create detailed visuals in response to the user's prompt. Users can also edit the image by highlighting a specific area and explaining what they want to change in the picture. However, it comes with stricter limitations as compared to its previous models. The tech giant has imposed restrictions to prohibit the generation of harmful or illegal content, including images of public figures or weapons to prevent potential misuse of the technology. Furthermore, while it cannot generate images of specified copyrighted characters, users can overcome this restriction by providing a description of the character they want to create. Despite these limitations, Imagen 3 stands as a direct competitor to Grok, Elon Musk's AI picture creator on X. Grok has been used to create a variety of bizarre content, including images of drugs, violence and celebrities, reported The Verge. Google's Imagen 3 is now available via Vertex AI and ImageFX and will soon become available throughout Google AI features in Workspace and Gemini on the web and mobile. Earlier in February this year, the tech giant paused Gemini AI image generation after it created inaccurate historical pictures. "We are already working to address recent issues with Gemini's image generation feature," said Google in a statement posted on X. "While we do this, we're going to pause the image generation of people and will re-release an improved version soon." The tech giant first offered an image generation feature through Gemini earlier in February, in a bit to compete with OpenAI and Microsoft's Copilot.